Now my site deals with Spaceships and ages ago when we first started we had a member do up some images that resembled embroidered patches. That was five years ago and that member is no longer with us and the ships have changed. I'm looking to get some patches for our current ships and I'm happy to try them myself, the only issue is I have no idea how to get that look. I have tried googling it but the search wasn't exactly helpful coming up with Software patches or companies that make embroidered patches. We seem to have some very talented artists here and I was wondering if someone here could help me.
Hmmm, you could do this a couple ways. Some programs have "artistic filters" that can give a certain look to a graphic, such as making them look like a sketch or an oil painting. Another possibility is taking the transparent pattern and mess with the opacity and layer options over an actual stock texture of embroidered something, geting your pattern and preserving the texture. I did something similar with this map to make it looked like it was actually drawn on the paper. A patch would be harder, but still possible.
Gimp has a texture called "Clothify", I believe. That and a thick border should do most of the work. Add a shadow in the background for added believability.
